Your signal was great on 40m for a change, Johnny. 80m was a little more challenging. I had the RF gain way down to put the signal above the noise level. It worked well. 72, Chas

We don't change the local start time of 2100 Central time, Bryan. So with the time change our start time is 0200 UTC. 0300 would be a little late for all of us old guys in the Midwest. 72, Charles - N

Four State DMR net We had a good net tonight, although Bert N0YJ was missed! We had 10 stations plus net control WA9BNZ - Bill, Knoxville IL WG5F - Ed, Tulsa OK N0TGR - Dick, August KS AC0BQ - Johnny,

Happy birthday to Dave Benson. Many happy returns! 72, Chas - NK8O

Nothing in Louisburg except the "DX" stations. Chas - NK8O

Brave, but crazy. I'm more of a 45F or warmer kind of guy! Chas - NK8O

Bert, N0YJ had trouble with his DMR this evening so after a few kerchunks, I jumped in a few minutes later. Check-ins tonight: WG5F Ed Tulsa OK WA9BNZ Bill Knoxville IL KC0PP Keith St. Peters MO N0MII

My list of podcasts: Ham Radio Workbench - https://www.hamradioworkbench.com - interviews and/or technical, operating notes such as portable QSO Today - 4Z1UG, Eric Guth https://www.qsotoday.com - int

I don't need another one, but I really have had fun with mine! Great kit. Slightly challenging to tune, but once you figure it out, it works great. Now I have to get to my Bayou Jumper. Haven't got it

Why not? Maybe 60m as well! Chas - NK8O

Are there any changes from Dave(Benson)'s original calculations? 72, Chas - NK8O

Couldn't check in tonight. My hotspot let the magic smoke out. Not sure if it was the MMDVM board or the Pi Zero. They have the distinctive odor of dead electronics. 73, Chas - NK8O

Terry, With your call, you are obligated to send the zero correctly. If you are in a contest sending serial numbers, you can send "T" as zero, but not in your call sign. Interesting that you *must* se

Chas, N2SH was calling on 80m at the end of the net. I heard him quite well in Louisburg, but obviously Lebo was something of a dead zone for him. Along the same lines, I could barely hear some of the

Single cable to the KX2/KX3 will take care of keying and frequency readout for loads of loggers. I'm currently using CQRlog under Linux but I was using it previously with RUMlogNG under Mac. It's bril

FYI: The Hilltopper, with serial firmware and a USB-Serial cable not only read frequency out to your logging software, it can also key CW macro messages. I used the KX3 setting with mine and it worked

K0B, the Four State QRP special event station, will be on the air again, weather permitting, starting at 2300 UTC (2020-09-11). 1 hour on 20 meters at 14060 and then at 0000 UTC 40 meters on 7122. QTH

This evening netted only 9 contacts for K0B on 40 meters. There were plenty of RBN hits, with well over 100 reports and many of them > 10 dB S/N. There was even one beacon spot from EA8. But 40 meters

Any takers, Peter? I would try to tackle it to give to a grandchild. If still available, email me off list NK8O at arrl dot net. I can send a check or send postage via PayPal. 73, Charles - NK8O

Bert, You have to change the permissions for us to be able to edit this.?? I tried but not dice. 72, Chas - NK8O